2019 Horizon League women's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament
2019 Horizon League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
(first round)
Little Caesars Arena
(semifinals and Finals)
Detroit, Michigan
ChampionsWright State (2nd title)
Winning coachKatrina Merriweather (1st title)
MVPMichal Miller (Wright State)
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2018–19 Horizon League women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wright State† 16 – 2   .889 27 – 7   .794
Green Bay 15 – 3   .833 22 – 10   .688
Youngstown State 13 – 5   .722 22 – 10   .688
IUPUI 13 – 5   .722 20 – 12   .625
Milwaukee 10 – 8   .556 15 – 15   .500
Northern Kentucky 10 – 8   .556 11 – 18   .379
Cleveland State 7 – 11   .389 10 – 19   .345
Oakland 3 – 15   .167 6 – 24   .200
Detroit Mercy 2 – 16   .111 4 – 25   .138
UIC 1 – 17   .056 3 – 26   .103
† 2019 Horizon League Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 Horizon League women's basketball tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Horizon League. It was held March 5 through March 12, 2019. Wright State defeated Green Bay in the finals to earn the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA women's tournament.[1]

Seeds

The top 8 teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference record Overall record Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Wright State 24–6 16–2
2 Green Bay 20–8 15–3
3 Youngstown State 13–5 21–8 1–1 vs. IUPUI 1–1 vs. WSU
4 IUPUI 13–5 19–10 1–1 vs. YSU 0–2 vs. WSU
5 Northern Kentucky 10–8 11–17 1–1 vs. MIL 1–1 vs. IUPUI
6 Milwaukee 10–8 15–14 1–1 vs. NKU 0–2 vs. IUPUI
7 Cleveland State 7–11 10–19
8 Oakland 3–15 6–23

Schedule

Game Time[2] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 5
1 5:30 pm No. 8 Oakland at No. 1 Wright State 60–83 ESPN+
2 8:00 pm No. 5 Northern Kentucky at No. 4 IUPUI 44–60
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6
3 7:00 pm No. 7 Cleveland State at No. 2 Green Bay 30–73 ESPN+
4 8:00 pm No. 6 Milwaukee at No. 3 Youngstown State 58–64
Semifinals – Monday, March 11
5 1:00 pm No. 4 IUPUI vs. No. 1 Wright State 51–60 ESPN+
6 3:30 pm No. 3 Youngstown State vs. No. 2 Green Bay 53–55
Finals – Tuesday, March 12
7 12:00 pm No. 2 Green Bay vs. No. 1 Wright State 52–55 ESPNU
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 5/6
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Monday, March 11
ESPN+ 		Finals
Tuesday, March 12
ESPNU
         
1 Wright State 83
8 Oakland 60
1 Wright State 60
4 IUPUI 51
4 IUPUI 60
5 Northern Kentucky 44
1 Wright State 55
2 Green Bay 52
2 Green Bay 73
7 Cleveland State 30
2 Green Bay 55
3 Youngstown State 53
3 Youngstown State 64
6 Milwaukee 58

References

  1. ^ Hartman, Marcus. "Wright State women's basketball: Raiders beat Green Bay, earn NCAA Tournament berth". daytondailynews. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "MOTOR CITY MADNESS - Horizon League".
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